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Description: | A copper alloy hooked tag probably dating to the post medieval period AD c 1600-1700. The tag is heart shaped with a rectangular loop (which is broken) extending from the top and a swag extending from the point at the bottom. There are four circular fixing loops - two at the widest part of the heart shape and two at the point of the heart on either side of the swag. The pendant is decorated with raised relief and appears to have been tinned and decorated with black blue and white enamel. The relief depicts a head. Half way down the head on either side are raised pellets and from each of these a crook extends diagonally upwards. Below the pellets are triangular swags which end in thin swirling lines. Around the chin there is drapery and below this are two raised pellets. Above and on either side of the head are three raised pellets. The swag at the bottom is curved and decorated with three vertical lines. The enamelling is in seven sections. At the top is black enamel, beneath that is blue and white with black beneath that on either side and at the bottom, it is white and blue. The back of the pendant is undecorated.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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